The Ora May is a tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.3306, -117.39190
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Ora May MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ora May
Secondary: Northstar Claims
Secondary: Rob Roy Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Soth Randolph Mine
Secondary: Wiley's Tungsten Claim
Secondary: Ora Mae Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Randolph Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Hornsilver District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wiley, Ora Mae
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1955
Owner Name: Harry M. Devotie
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1942
Owner Name: Harry Wiley
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1942
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 78, 1972, PLATE 2.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
